A Little TIFF for Tat

It’s time to rev up film fest season again, folks. This week, Visa cardholders could purchase ticket packages in advance for the Toronto International Film Festival and, starting Monday, so can regular folk. A package of ten tickets will set you back around $170 including taxes and fees, or $17 per ticket. The good thing is that the ten-pack can be shared, so up to four tickets can be used from the pack per screening. Cinephiles may want to go with the Festival Package, which has 50 tickets for around $550 including taxes and fees, or $11 per ticket. The caveat for the Festival Package is that it is only good for one ticket per screening.

Another way to see the film fest is to volunteer. For volunteering, you can receive free tickets for films of your choice. You can only volunteer for one shift per day and you must be able to volunteer for a minimum of four shifts. Recruitment sessions, which are mandatory, happen on July 16 and 20 and August 6 and 9.

You may want to hold off on buying tickets until you know what films are playing. On July 23, the list of films for three film fest programs—Midnight Madness, Sprockets Family Zone, and Wavelengths—will be announced. The complete list will be available on August 19. While the closing film hasn’t been disclosed, Paul Gross’s Passchendaele, as we’ve already mentioned, will open the festival. If you miss its premiere on September 4, you can always catch it when it opens across Canada on Remembrance Day, November 11—at a fraction of the price.

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